It's really up to you whether you buy an engagement ring or not, but usually the engagement ring is the one with the "rock"; the wedding ring is most commonly a relatively simple band.
If you don't know what to do, there's a very simple solution: ask your girlfriend. Whether she's right or wrong, do you really want to make the person you intended to marry mad at you this early in the game?
If your girlfriend is getting her mother's engagement ring, then go to the mother and ask for it to propose. This will tell the mother that you care about her daughter enough that you would go ask first if you could propose.
It depends on your rapport with the person you love, if your boyfriend/ girlfriend and your families are ready then its fine. After that you can have your engagement and wedding .
just make the wedding ring bigger and preetyer than the engagement ring.
No it's not the engagement ring is completely different and there 2 different rings, the wedding wring is what the bride and the groom wear at the wedding but the engagement ring is when the groom wants to marry his girlfriend
Wherever you buy the engagement ring the salesperson has knowledge of what type of band would fit the size of the engagement ring. Let the salesperson at the jewelry store help you out.
about two years of dating then one year of engagement to plan the wedding.
I believe you are asking if you can give just the engagement ring and not the whole wedding set. Please clarify the question, if this is not the case. Yes, you can give just an engagement ring. Usually the man proposes with an engagement ring and then the wedding band is worn after the wedding along side the engagement ring.
The wedding ring goes behind the engagement ring, closest to the heart.
Sometimes the engagement ring and wedding band come together, but whether or not it does or doesn't you can certainly show her the wedding band.
No, there is no tradition requiring an engagement present in addition to the wedding gift. Just check out her wedding registries and get her something within your budget that is on the registry.
Gifts are not customary at an engagement party because they are expected at the wedding and etiquette dictates that those who are invited to an engagement party should be invited to the wedding. If you choose to give a gift you can but it is not required or expected.
No, he doesn't wear his wedding band until after the wedding.